When adding 2 fractions less than 1/2 what must be true

     First assume that the fractions are all positive.

Next, add 1/2 and 1/2; the sum is 1.  Thus, the two fractions must each be smaller than 1/2.

Let's try adding 5/16 and 7/16.  Both are smaller than 1/2.  Their sum is 12/16, or 3/4, which is less than 1.

Choose a couple other pairs of fractions which are between 0 and 1/2.  Then find the sum of each pair.  What do you observe about the size of these sums?

a) 0.25x times 3. (could be wrong on equation.)

b) 2.25 pound of dark chocolate. (can i eat all the chocolate? plz? anyway, again, could be wrong, but i hope im right. all the chocolate together should be 5.25 pounds)

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